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to grover norquist. >> i'm not obligated on the pledge. i made tennesseeans aware, the only thing i'm honoring is the oath that i take when i'm sworn in this january. >> when i go to the con stech wents that have re-elected me. >> the pledge is for that congress. if i remember in congress in 1941, i would have signed a declaration of war against japan. the world has changed. >> but grover norquist does not think this world has changed. for republicans, who signed his pledge. >> are you going to want to exact punishment on them in two year, what? >> two things. there have been some, the folks whose pictures you put up there, some have engaged in impure thoughts. they haven't actually voted for a tax increase. we could ask president bush how his second term went after he broke his pledge. did he damage the pledge or by breaking his pledge, he lost a second term for the presidency. >> and this morning, even fox and friends were getting all philosophical about till death do us part pledges. >> i think you get into really difficult situations i
to grover norquist. >> i'm not obligated on the pledge. i made tennesseeans aware, the only thing i'm honoring is the oath that i take when i'm sworn in this january. >> when i go to the con stech wents that have re-elected me. >> the pledge is for that congress. if i remember in congress in 1941, i would have signed a declaration of war against japan. the world has changed. >> but grover norquist does not think this world has changed. for republicans, who signed his...
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. >> grover norquist. >> you speak of grover norquist. >> he's an entertaining warrior. >> pledge mentality is really on the run right now. >> speaker boehner clearly wants a deal. >> he can't have one arm tied behind his back. >> the top 1%, only 42% of the wealth. >> 48.5 million people lived below the poverty level. >> we should ask the wealthy to start paying their fair share. >> the american sense of fairness, no one should pay more than 25%. >> today's republican party has imploded. >> they are in denial. >> they are looking for someone to blame. >> grover is no longer speaking for the party. >> they may not be willing to just die on this hill anymore. >>> good evening. i'm ezra cline in for lawrence o'donnell. the craziest thing is happening in washington right now. you've probably heard of the fiscal cliff or as lawrence likes to call it, the fiscal curve or as my friend calls t the austerity bomb. whatever you would like to call it, it does not look like it's going to happen. it doesn't just look like we're going to avoid a crisis. at this moment today, and this can change, it look
. >> grover norquist. >> you speak of grover norquist. >> he's an entertaining warrior. >> pledge mentality is really on the run right now. >> speaker boehner clearly wants a deal. >> he can't have one arm tied behind his back. >> the top 1%, only 42% of the wealth. >> 48.5 million people lived below the poverty level. >> we should ask the wealthy to start paying their fair share. >> the american sense of fairness, no one should pay...
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grover norquist is not jesus. he is not going to speak from some mount and give us the ten commandments. and alan simpson is wonderful. he can't murder you, he can't burn down your house, he can't even blow down it hard. so the reality is you've got to make adjustments in the face of the american people's sentiment being, look, everybody's got to pitch in. aren't we americans? economic patriotism means everybody has to tighten the belt a little bit. >> i think it's interesting that you use the religious language there because grover norquist was on tv today saying rinse are having impure thoughts on raising taxes. a note of caution on all grover norquist deniers on tv. it's easy for lindsey graham and saxby chambliss to get on tv. but when it comes down to the actual vote, that's a lot harder for republicans to do, especially in the house of representatives where they can get a primary in 2014, get a lot of republicans up who could face tea party primaries. this is a small group that's jumped off the grover bridge
grover norquist is not jesus. he is not going to speak from some mount and give us the ten commandments. and alan simpson is wonderful. he can't murder you, he can't burn down your house, he can't even blow down it hard. so the reality is you've got to make adjustments in the face of the american people's sentiment being, look, everybody's got to pitch in. aren't we americans? economic patriotism means everybody has to tighten the belt a little bit. >> i think it's interesting that you...
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grover norquist -- >> but it's true. you can hear it a thousand more times. >> it may true to republican party, but the reality is in the cnn/orc poll just taken -- >> i understand. >> hang on. hang on. would you prefer a budget plan with only spending cuts, 29%, would you prefer a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, 67%. a thumping, thumping majority of americans would prefer to see cuts in spending and tax increases. but you republicans led by grover norquist are absolutely intransigent about allowing any raise in taxation, yet the american public want you to do it. >> listen, first of all, there's a lot of things you said that aren't true. >> well, name one. >> nobody is -- first of all, no one is opposed to increasing revenues by closing some loopholes, but they -- >> that wasn't what i said. hang on. that wasn't -- that was not what i said. that wasn't what i said. >> they want commensurate tax cuts -- >> hang on. you said what i said wasn't true. reince, come on. i have to stop you here. no. you can't put words
grover norquist -- >> but it's true. you can hear it a thousand more times. >> it may true to republican party, but the reality is in the cnn/orc poll just taken -- >> i understand. >> hang on. hang on. would you prefer a budget plan with only spending cuts, 29%, would you prefer a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, 67%. a thumping, thumping majority of americans would prefer to see cuts in spending and tax increases. but you republicans led by grover norquist are...
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grover norquist's tax pledge could be history. and all eyes are now focusing on house republicans as talks to avoid going over that so-called fiscal cliff are picking up steam. joining me now, mark halperin, senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc and ruth marcus, columnist and editorial writer for the "washington post." to you, mark, what is your read about what we've been hearing the last couple of days about grover norquist, the pledge and how much running room the speaker does have to b negotiating a deal. >> i did a spit take with my fruity pebbles watching "morning joe" because eric cantor's tone was unlike anything i've ever heard. his office is saying oh, no, he's against raising marginal rates, but it's clear that in the scheme of things, the biggest piece is does john boehner have enough running room to strike a deal involving some new revenue. i still am of the belief that the vote in the house, which will be a cliff hanger no matter what happens amongst the leaders in the white house, it will be a tough vote. i t
grover norquist's tax pledge could be history. and all eyes are now focusing on house republicans as talks to avoid going over that so-called fiscal cliff are picking up steam. joining me now, mark halperin, senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc and ruth marcus, columnist and editorial writer for the "washington post." to you, mark, what is your read about what we've been hearing the last couple of days about grover norquist, the pledge and how much running room the...
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you speak of grover norquist. he's convinced the president has no mandate to raise taxes on the wealthy. for instance, here is what he told chuck todd at a forum just last thursday. take a listen, dana. >> did win this debate, did he not? >> no. >> he didn't win the debate? >> no. he won the presidency. >> in other words, dana, the president znd win the debate, only the consolation prize called the presidency. what's your assessment of mr. norquist's political acumen post election? >> gentlemen, i'm blushing from your phrase but the truth is grover norquist make this is extremely easy. he's a one-trick pony. i knew exactly what he's going to say because it's the exact same thing he was saying before the election when he predicted with confidence that mitt romney would win, republicans would take the senate, we would almost instantly have the paul ryan budget implemented with all of the entitlement reforms. now he's carrying right on saying, in fact, the republicans are in a stronger position today and government i
you speak of grover norquist. he's convinced the president has no mandate to raise taxes on the wealthy. for instance, here is what he told chuck todd at a forum just last thursday. take a listen, dana. >> did win this debate, did he not? >> no. >> he didn't win the debate? >> no. he won the presidency. >> in other words, dana, the president znd win the debate, only the consolation prize called the presidency. what's your assessment of mr. norquist's political...
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grover norquist, good to talk to you again. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> you bet. about 45 minutes left heading toward the close. we might get some volatility. we're definitely going to get more volume as a the options and futures go off the board on this expiration date. the dow is up 15 points right now. >> it is, indeed. stick around, everybody. we are just getting started on this jam-packed edition of the "closing bell." >>> i think there's about a one-third probability we'll get a deal in lame duck. about a one-third that we'll go over the cliff. and be able to reach a deal right after wards nap will be okay. but there is that one-third chance that we won't and we'll end up in chaos. >> somebody here says the fiscal cliff will be fixed in time and you should buy into this market before a deal is reached. >>> plus, fiscal cliff fears. td ai mer trade ceo tells us in realtime how investors are preparing and a how going over the cliff could harm investor confidence. >>> and it looks like apple stock ha
grover norquist, good to talk to you again. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> you bet. about 45 minutes left heading toward the close. we might get some volatility. we're definitely going to get more volume as a the options and futures go off the board on this expiration date. the dow is up 15 points right now. >> it is, indeed. stick around, everybody. we are just getting started on this jam-packed edition of the "closing bell." >>> i...
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. >> joining me now is the man in the middle of this storm, grover norquist. grover, welcome to you. >> good to be with you. >> you can't comply on the bounty the mutiny has begun: >> it's funny to watch a senator or congressman who got himself elected by promising the citizen of his state that he would go to washington to reform government and not to pay taxes. when the going gets rough he wanted to debt ceiling increase. the same cast of chakts are turns in the homework for the second tyne two years later and there's not a snowball rolling. the good news is the people that gave a commitment to the american voters. for four years president obama has not reined in spending. all he did is demand $1.6 trillion of tax increase so he can spend more money, not reining in spending. we need focus on spending problems because that's the problem we have. >> warren buffett wrote this fascinating piece in the "new york times" today. you're familiar with it today. suppose they come to you with an investment idea. i'm in it. i think you should be, too. would your reply be
. >> joining me now is the man in the middle of this storm, grover norquist. grover, welcome to you. >> good to be with you. >> you can't comply on the bounty the mutiny has begun: >> it's funny to watch a senator or congressman who got himself elected by promising the citizen of his state that he would go to washington to reform government and not to pay taxes. when the going gets rough he wanted to debt ceiling increase. the same cast of chakts are turns in the...
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larry's guest is grover norquist. that's tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> raising taxes on only the wealthy does not do a lot to dent the deficit. we know that. still, it remains a focal point on the fiscal cliff negotiations. it's creating a divide among conservatives. >> joining us now to talk about this is j.d. foster from the heritage foundation. he's holding out for true tax reform that would broaden the base and eliminate deductions. john mccormick is staff writer "the weekly standard. he says giving in on raising tax rates now would give republicans leverage later on tax reform. so we've got a nuanced argument going here. john, what do you mean? what kind of leverage would they need by allowing for the tax breaks now? >> the problem is they don't have any leverage right now as we speak. i mean, president obama just won a decisive election. democrats increased their majority in the senate. the tax rates are expiring. if these tax rates weren't expiring, republicans could hold out for genuine tax reform. i think they need to get ahead of t
larry's guest is grover norquist. that's tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> raising taxes on only the wealthy does not do a lot to dent the deficit. we know that. still, it remains a focal point on the fiscal cliff negotiations. it's creating a divide among conservatives. >> joining us now to talk about this is j.d. foster from the heritage foundation. he's holding out for true tax reform that would broaden the base and eliminate deductions. john mccormick is staff writer...
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. >> have you grover norquist. >> mr. anti tax himself. grover norquist. >> the president elected on the basis he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> poopy head. >> he actually said that. >> grover norquist or grover from "sesame street?" >> the fiscal cliff. >> move into high gear this week. >> taxes on the table. >> that's a given. >> some could be splintering. >> we know there has to be revenues. >> they really won't i don't think. >> i think that's a given. >> that suggests compromise. >> republicans might blink on this. >> you don't have to compromise values to come to the table. >> if there was a mandate, it was a mandate to work together. >> america has clearly said they have had enough. >> newton malloy gingrich has been in politics 40 years. 40 long years. and finally -- finally -- newt realizes he doesn't understand america. >> i was wrong last week, as was virtually every major republican analyst. you have to stop and say to yourself, if i was that far off, what do i need to learn to better understand america? >> form
. >> have you grover norquist. >> mr. anti tax himself. grover norquist. >> the president elected on the basis he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> poopy head. >> he actually said that. >> grover norquist or grover from "sesame street?" >> the fiscal cliff. >> move into high gear this week. >> taxes on the table. >> that's a given. >> some could be splintering. >> we know there has to be revenues....
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. >> we've seen republicans break with grover norquist and put revenues on the table. on the other side of that, here's what a few democrats are saying about entitlements. >> i think people are dreaming if they think we're going to get a deal on entitlements in three weeks. that's just not going to happen. and i think it would be irresponsible to try to come up with any approach to entitlement reform in such a compressed period of time. >> yes or no, do you support raising the retirement age? >> no, i do not support raising the retirement age. >> is that likely to be a bigger sticking point than revenue? or do we not know yet? >> well, i think that's the critical question facing democrats here. are they going to cave and allow, you know, the new deal and the great society programs to be a part of this supposed grand bargain? or are they not? as of now, they are not part of the deal. this is about defense cuts, discretionary spending, and it's about tax cuts. only if the democrats agree to bring in the programs for the elderly and poor and middle class would they become
. >> we've seen republicans break with grover norquist and put revenues on the table. on the other side of that, here's what a few democrats are saying about entitlements. >> i think people are dreaming if they think we're going to get a deal on entitlements in three weeks. that's just not going to happen. and i think it would be irresponsible to try to come up with any approach to entitlement reform in such a compressed period of time. >> yes or no, do you support raising the...
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. >>> another republican defies grover norquist and his tax pledge. he's "outfront" to explain why he did it and a month ago, a woman died when doctors failed to perform an abortion. her husband is now stepping out. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to shop around. now that's progressive. call or click today. [ grunting ] anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. [ female announcer ] live the regular life. of washington about the future of medicare and social security. anncr: but you deserve straight talk about the options on the... table and what they mean for you and your family. ancr: aarp is cutting through all the political spin. because for our 37 million members, only one
. >>> another republican defies grover norquist and his tax pledge. he's "outfront" to explain why he did it and a month ago, a woman died when doctors failed to perform an abortion. her husband is now stepping out. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to shop around. now that's progressive. call or click today. [ grunting ]...
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however grover norquist is threatening those who do so. let's hear what he had to say. >> no pledge taker has voted for a tax increase. you've had some people discussing impure thoughts on national television. the pledge is not for life but everybody who signed the pledge, including peter king who tried to weasel out of it, shame on him as the new york sun said today, i hope his wife understands that commitments last a little longer than, than, than two years or something. >> there you had grover norquist from the americans for tax reform who has spearheaded this no tax pledge. the fact of the matter is, zoraida, to reach an agreement there's going to have to be compromise, whether that means increasing taxes on some, whether that means changing entitlement reform, both sides are going to have to come to the table to try to reach an agreement. >> mark, can you remind folks how long ago that pledge was signed? >> this goes back years and years and years for many of these lawmakers in congress. they tend to be conservative. it's a very simpl
however grover norquist is threatening those who do so. let's hear what he had to say. >> no pledge taker has voted for a tax increase. you've had some people discussing impure thoughts on national television. the pledge is not for life but everybody who signed the pledge, including peter king who tried to weasel out of it, shame on him as the new york sun said today, i hope his wife understands that commitments last a little longer than, than, than two years or something. >> there...
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it's something that grover norquist, who is joining us, has said as well. you say you're more interested in another number. >> yes. the question is a lot of people have left the workforce, several percentage points, several million americans. it's a little bit odd for the president to say see my number is 7.9 or 7.8. it's not as bad as it was a year ago where millions of americans know they're looking for work and they've either got part-time work or no work at all or they've given up looking for work. the real unemployment number, 14.7%, you're look iing at peop who are trying to get jobs, can't get jobs. you can give them all the numbers they want. they know they're paying twice as much for gasoline than they did when obama got elected. policy of higher energy prices, which he brags about. he thinks that's a good idea. >> when you mention the gas, christine romans rolled her eyes. we'll get back to christine on the gas thing. that's a whole other conversation. but i want to bring in robert gibbs. i think you answer some interesting points and i want to po
it's something that grover norquist, who is joining us, has said as well. you say you're more interested in another number. >> yes. the question is a lot of people have left the workforce, several percentage points, several million americans. it's a little bit odd for the president to say see my number is 7.9 or 7.8. it's not as bad as it was a year ago where millions of americans know they're looking for work and they've either got part-time work or no work at all or they've given up...
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there's nothing you see over the next 35 days that would have you break that pledge with grover norquist? >> no, because raising taxes harms the economic growth. you get ten times the revenue by economic growth rather than punishing success. and, again, all of us are saying president obama, show us your plan for restraining the size of government, that's the main problem. again, his revenue proposal would raise $68 billion when we have over $1 trillion worth of deficit. where's the other $1 trillion in his balance plan? mr. president, show us your plan. >> sir, one thing, mitch mcconnell has said that revenue is on the table as long as entitlements would be on the table. conducting a fly-in lobbying day there in washington, d.c. this is where union leaders from 33 states are going to pressure their representatives to let the bush tax cuts expire and keep social security out of the fiscal cliff negotiations. lawmakers are being presented with this written letter in part by richard trumpka who is the president of that. accusing republicans of holding the economy hostage in that letter sayi
there's nothing you see over the next 35 days that would have you break that pledge with grover norquist? >> no, because raising taxes harms the economic growth. you get ten times the revenue by economic growth rather than punishing success. and, again, all of us are saying president obama, show us your plan for restraining the size of government, that's the main problem. again, his revenue proposal would raise $68 billion when we have over $1 trillion worth of deficit. where's the other...
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who is grover norquist, talk to me about this pledge. it is not just about raising taxes, is it not? >> it is not just about raising taxes. this is a pledge that is spearheaded by activist grover norquist, a popular figure on the right and he basically is -- most members but not all members of congress on the republican side to sign this pledge which basically says they're not going to increase tax rates and also if they close deductions they would use that money to lower taxes in another area. after seeing republicans break, where they're saying, listen, we're willing to close tax loopholes to reduce the deficit, now we haven't yet seen that from congressional republican leaders, but we obviously are seeing it from prominent republicans you showed including senator graham and senator bob corker. >> question about two of those gentlemen here in a moment. cnn this morning talked to grover norquist, incumbents dare to break this pledge, dare to vote to raise taxes. the question was will he do it again? here's norquist. >> we would certainl
who is grover norquist, talk to me about this pledge. it is not just about raising taxes, is it not? >> it is not just about raising taxes. this is a pledge that is spearheaded by activist grover norquist, a popular figure on the right and he basically is -- most members but not all members of congress on the republican side to sign this pledge which basically says they're not going to increase tax rates and also if they close deductions they would use that money to lower taxes in another...
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. >> grover norquist had a good run. it lasted far longer than 15 minutes but his trstringent vie make him an outliar now. it is not unlike ralph reed who steered the republican party too far right on social issues in the '90s and is hardly heard from anymore. >> is he, rick, spiking the football, maybe on the 5 yard line? is this a little too premature to be writing off the grover norquist here and the no new tax movement in the republican party? >> yes, i think it is too premature. grover norquist has become a convenient boogie man, merely because we have maybe hit a tipping point on tax increases and voters are starting to accept the idea that taxes have to go up a little bit on some people. we have got a long way to go, though. we still are going to have to start talking about tax increases on the middle class at some point. that is going to be an entirely different battle. the nmagnitude of the problem will require increases on the middle class or tax cuts that are really deep. the tax increases is going to solve th
. >> grover norquist had a good run. it lasted far longer than 15 minutes but his trstringent vie make him an outliar now. it is not unlike ralph reed who steered the republican party too far right on social issues in the '90s and is hardly heard from anymore. >> is he, rick, spiking the football, maybe on the 5 yard line? is this a little too premature to be writing off the grover norquist here and the no new tax movement in the republican party? >> yes, i think it is too...
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he kind of sounded like the opposite. >> i'm not sure whether that was grover norquist or grover from "sesame street," when we're talking about -- >> ahh, poopy head. look, grover represents a very specific view within the republican party, which is -- whether it's rates or something, you should not raise taxes ever. the question is, this is -- i think a lot of it is on john boehner and mitch mcconnell. can they say to the base of the party, we need to make this deal. it is good for us politically. it is good for the country policy wise, and we need to move on, or do the grovers of the world win out? >> david, thank you very much. chris cillizza. coming up, more fallout from the david petraeus situation. we'll talking to david ignatius. hey sis, it's so great to see you. you, too! oh, cloudy glasses. you didn't have to come over! actually, honey, i think i did... oh? you did? whoa, ladies, easy. hi. cascade kitchen counselor. we can help avoid this with cascade complete pacs. over time, the other premium pac can leave cloudy, hard water deposits, but cascade complete pacs help leave g
he kind of sounded like the opposite. >> i'm not sure whether that was grover norquist or grover from "sesame street," when we're talking about -- >> ahh, poopy head. look, grover represents a very specific view within the republican party, which is -- whether it's rates or something, you should not raise taxes ever. the question is, this is -- i think a lot of it is on john boehner and mitch mcconnell. can they say to the base of the party, we need to make this deal. it...
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grover norquist is with us to explain that one. two big stories, the election and the hurricane and his take on the media coverage of both those events. friday mornings, jobs day, seven early movers for you, an equipment maker, alcatel-lucent, remember them, posted a second quarter loss that would be the second loss in two quarters by the way. they're down 10%, under a buck. and they have the-- better than expected profit of the hotel review side, trip advisor and they're up, moving today. technology and media company, active network, expects to lose money this year and next year, it's down 33%. first solar took in less money than expected and it's down a fraction. and down two bucks. no, that's not a fraction, that's 8%, a disappointing game maker would be glu mobile, glu mobile is down 17%, and look at the clothing maker, guess who-- no, just guess. and two big top executives have left, down it goes, 9%. better than expected the entertainment company rowe v. they are moving today. and back in 2009, president obama said president
grover norquist is with us to explain that one. two big stories, the election and the hurricane and his take on the media coverage of both those events. friday mornings, jobs day, seven early movers for you, an equipment maker, alcatel-lucent, remember them, posted a second quarter loss that would be the second loss in two quarters by the way. they're down 10%, under a buck. and they have the-- better than expected profit of the hotel review side, trip advisor and they're up, moving today....
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they're talking about this pledge from the grover norquist group. he's the anti-tax crusader. his group has gotten the majority of republicans in congress to sign this pledge to oppose any effort to raise taxes in any way. so first we heard from a senator out of georgia, a republican, who said for his country he would break this pledge because if you stick to that pledge you won't be able to reach an agreement to bring down the debt. today we heard from south carolina republican senator lindsey graham and also from new york congressman peter king responding to this idea and jumping on the bandwagon with chandliss. let's listen to that. >> when you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should be making to each other is avoid becoming broke and republicans should put revenue on the table. i want to buy down debt and create rates to cut jobs, but i will raise taxes for the good of the country only if the government will do entitlement reform. >> a pledge we signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago is for that congress. if i were in congress in 1941, i would have signed the declara
they're talking about this pledge from the grover norquist group. he's the anti-tax crusader. his group has gotten the majority of republicans in congress to sign this pledge to oppose any effort to raise taxes in any way. so first we heard from a senator out of georgia, a republican, who said for his country he would break this pledge because if you stick to that pledge you won't be able to reach an agreement to bring down the debt. today we heard from south carolina republican senator lindsey...
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i don't know what it is -- the thing also grover norquist won't be relevant anymore. it's never been relevant. i just hope it will be the end of that pledge entirely. >> it may break it. >> thank you broet for joining me tonight. >>> it turns out women did have a legitimate way to shut down that whole thing. an historic night for women candidates. and soul searching, if there are souls in the republican party, over how to fix their demographic disaster, if they can fix it. that's coming up. last thanksgiving, about 2 million people tried to deep-fat-fry their turkey. 15 succeeded in setting their houses on fire. at christmas, there was a lot of driving over the river and through the woods. and a little bit of skidding on the ice and taking out grandma's garage door. so while you're celebrating, allstate will be standing by. trouble never takes a holiday. neither should your insurance. that's allstate's stand. are you in good hands? ♪ the capability of a pathfinder with the comfort of a sedan? ♪ so you went right back to the pathfinder's essence, kept its dna, and
i don't know what it is -- the thing also grover norquist won't be relevant anymore. it's never been relevant. i just hope it will be the end of that pledge entirely. >> it may break it. >> thank you broet for joining me tonight. >>> it turns out women did have a legitimate way to shut down that whole thing. an historic night for women candidates. and soul searching, if there are souls in the republican party, over how to fix their demographic disaster, if they can fix it....
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the war now breaking with anti-tax crusader grover norquist who had gotten a majority of republican lawmakers to pledge not to support any effort to raise taxes. >> i'm willing to generate revenue, it's fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table. we're below historic averages. i will not raise tax rates to do it. i will cap deductions. i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if democrat will do entitlement reform. >> reporter: it's not yet clear when lawmakers and the president will meet next. a final deal could still be a long way off. >> we rarely see the hill and the white house make decisions early. i would be pleasantly surprised to see a deal emerge earlier than the end of the year. but we'll see. >> reporter: this week just might bring the parties one step closer. athena jones, cnn, washington. >>> anger and fresh clashes in egypt as dwivisions deepen over the president's new powers. even the financial markets taking notice. >>> a weekend getaway turned into a raging inferno. if you think running a restaurant is hard, try running four. fortun
the war now breaking with anti-tax crusader grover norquist who had gotten a majority of republican lawmakers to pledge not to support any effort to raise taxes. >> i'm willing to generate revenue, it's fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table. we're below historic averages. i will not raise tax rates to do it. i will cap deductions. i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if democrat will do entitlement reform. >> reporter: it's not yet...
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one senator is defending grover norquist's anti-tax stance. that's senator rand paul. he'll join us live in a few minutes. >>> even black friday couldn't save retailers from superstorm sandy. sales for november taking a hit in the wake of that storm. what does it mean, though, for the holiday shopping season? we'll tell you how to play it. >>> a wade of companies issuing special dividends ahead of the fiscal cliff. sounds like a plus for the company. we'll tell you why it could be more of a warning sign. >>> and how senate majority leader harry reid's home state of nevada could get hit hard if congress cannot make a deal on the fiscal cliff. >>> we're going to start with the cme group. rick santelli, the santelli exchange. i'm told a little poetry. i just hope it's not frost saying some say the world will end in fire, some saying ice. >> it's not going to be fire and ice. it is going to be some fire and brimstone! how's that? you know, i liked warren buffett's op-ed the other day in the "time"s. a minimum tax for the wealthy. we're going to get to a couple quotes in th
one senator is defending grover norquist's anti-tax stance. that's senator rand paul. he'll join us live in a few minutes. >>> even black friday couldn't save retailers from superstorm sandy. sales for november taking a hit in the wake of that storm. what does it mean, though, for the holiday shopping season? we'll tell you how to play it. >>> a wade of companies issuing special dividends ahead of the fiscal cliff. sounds like a plus for the company. we'll tell you why it...
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this is a game to nullify grover norquist. some members put forth an option to tax the first $400,000 of income and people making more than that at 35%. all that does is increase everybody's taxes over 400,000 by 30,000. somebody at 450,000 gets hurt badly and somebody at 20 million isn't touched at all. >> honestly, those are the number that is make some people's head spin and makes -- >> i understand, absolutely. >> and the average constituent say i don't know what's going on here. what is your message to folks? what should they be looking at and how do they figure out where they stand on this? as you may well know, the obama administration is trying to get all of those people who voted for the president to come on board and say this is what we want and to press congress to make a deal but it is sort of hard to figure out what is fair. >> exactly. i said to my staff last week we need a big charge that shows the options and how much money is delivered or caused by each step we might take. i think for the most americans they h
this is a game to nullify grover norquist. some members put forth an option to tax the first $400,000 of income and people making more than that at 35%. all that does is increase everybody's taxes over 400,000 by 30,000. somebody at 450,000 gets hurt badly and somebody at 20 million isn't touched at all. >> honestly, those are the number that is make some people's head spin and makes -- >> i understand, absolutely. >> and the average constituent say i don't know what's going...
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it is a pledge authored by grover norquist, the founder and president of americans for tax reform. let me read the pledge to you. i reads as follows, i -- blank, pledge to the pachl taxpayers of the blank district? the state of blank and to the american people that i will one, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rate for individuals and businesses and, two, oppose any net elimination of reduction or elimination of deductions and credits unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates. the current congress the one in place until january, 238 representatives and 41 senators signed. by the way, one senate democrat, ben nelson of nebraska and two house democrats, robert andrews of new jersey and ben chandler of kentucky have also signed it. neither nelson nor chandler be in in the new congress. the people who won their seats have also signed the pledge. interestingly, six house republicans did not sign the pledge. all but one will be in the next congress. pennsylvania congressman todd plat retired. he'll be replaced by republican scott perry wh
it is a pledge authored by grover norquist, the founder and president of americans for tax reform. let me read the pledge to you. i reads as follows, i -- blank, pledge to the pachl taxpayers of the blank district? the state of blank and to the american people that i will one, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rate for individuals and businesses and, two, oppose any net elimination of reduction or elimination of deductions and credits unless matched dollar for...
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norquist, tax warrior. ding ding. >>> you know i know what real change longs like because i fought for it. because i brought it. because i've got the scars to prove it. because i've got gray hair doing it. >> president obama speaking today in florida, our special, the man who knows the president better than many, former white house press secretary robert gibbs. welcome. >> how are you? >> i'm good. i'm excited, like most people. i think the excitement comes from nobody seeming to have a clue who is going to win this election. what do you think it will come down to in the end? how do you see the map of tuesday night really evolving based on where things are right now? >> well, look, i know from our campaign's perspective, we feel pretty good about where things are. obviously, what's left now, i'm in wisconsin, we are about 47 1/2 hours from the polls closing, it's all about getting our voters out to the polls all day on tuesday. the president will start his day here with bruce springsteen and hopefully, a bi
norquist, tax warrior. ding ding. >>> you know i know what real change longs like because i fought for it. because i brought it. because i've got the scars to prove it. because i've got gray hair doing it. >> president obama speaking today in florida, our special, the man who knows the president better than many, former white house press secretary robert gibbs. welcome. >> how are you? >> i'm good. i'm excited, like most people. i think the excitement comes from...
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>> grover norquist, i've always said about grover, he's wandering the earth in his white robes, and what can he do to you? he can't murder you. he can't burn your house. the only thing he can do to you is defeat you for re-election. if that means more to you than your country, you shouldn't even be in congress. >> well, he's engineering this plan to not raise taxes ever. >> this is not a problem, you know, that we can grow our way out of. you could have double-digit growth for decades. growth alone won't do it. it's not a problem that we can tax our way out of. raising taxes doesn't do a darn thing to change the demographics of a country or to change the fact that health care grows at a faster rate than gdp. unfortunately, we can't just cut our way out of it either. that's where grover is wrong. you can't cut your way out of it without disrupting a very fragile economic recovery or without cutting the payments that we made to the truly disadvantaged, the income support programs, and you can't cut your way out of it without making severe cuts in those kind of things we have to invest in l
>> grover norquist, i've always said about grover, he's wandering the earth in his white robes, and what can he do to you? he can't murder you. he can't burn your house. the only thing he can do to you is defeat you for re-election. if that means more to you than your country, you shouldn't even be in congress. >> well, he's engineering this plan to not raise taxes ever. >> this is not a problem, you know, that we can grow our way out of. you could have double-digit growth for...
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prominent republicans have been turning away from another well-known member of the party, grover norquist and his tax pled pledge. house speaker boehner, corker, mccain and coburn have hint ed. >> i think those newly elected republicans are looking at the idea of pledges going into the congress and in serving as maybe a hindrance to governance. and you need to have everything considered on the table and i think the speaker's leadership in this regard will be very helpful to carving out that pathway that they're going to need, that he's going to need to strike a deal with the president. it doesn't mean that rates are going to go up but some level of taxes, whether it's through loophole closings are or whatever, the speaker considering he needs to have the leverage to have those things on the table and he can not have one arm tied hyped his back because of some pledge that was, you know, evoked by a member they ran ten years ago or certainly as we've seen new members saying, no, i think i want to govern and worry less about pledges. >> senator, grover norquist argues history would suggest o
prominent republicans have been turning away from another well-known member of the party, grover norquist and his tax pled pledge. house speaker boehner, corker, mccain and coburn have hint ed. >> i think those newly elected republicans are looking at the idea of pledges going into the congress and in serving as maybe a hindrance to governance. and you need to have everything considered on the table and i think the speaker's leadership in this regard will be very helpful to carving out...
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. >> of course there's grover norquist. they say he is losing his grip and calling him a has-been. is he still relevant? >> he is relevant and will be relevant. you see where the president wanted his mandate to sort of use his approach, that some republicans are signaling that they are not going to be aligned so closely, senator chambliss said i love my country more than grover norquist. some will not sign this no tax pledge. so there is some sense maybe his influence will wane a little bit. i think he'll be an influential player down the road. >> i'm sorry to cut this short. i want to thank you for your time nonetheless. we will see you guys again. thank you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, this partisan rush. what is the outlook for compromise when a majority of states will be under single party control? plus, which toys will be selling like hotcakes? toys 'r' us' ceo is here to break down the big ticket items. ♪ it's so important to make someone happy ♪ when you give a child a toy, it has to work. ♪ make just one someone happy and when it's a toys for tots child, well, what
. >> of course there's grover norquist. they say he is losing his grip and calling him a has-been. is he still relevant? >> he is relevant and will be relevant. you see where the president wanted his mandate to sort of use his approach, that some republicans are signaling that they are not going to be aligned so closely, senator chambliss said i love my country more than grover norquist. some will not sign this no tax pledge. so there is some sense maybe his influence will wane a...
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grover norquist very influential in washington. he's the guy that holds the line on taxes, holds republicans' feet to the fire. it will be interesting to see how many of them are willing to depart from that. >> jonathan allen, senior washington correspondent for politico. thanks. >> take care. >> other stories we're following. a devastating blast out of nowhere. local and federal authorities are still trying to determine what caused a massive explosion that ripped through an indianapolis neighborhood, killing two people, and injuring seven others. the blast and fireballs leveled two homes and damaged nearly 80 others. it was felt some three miles away. scores of residents had to be evacuated from the area. the damage is estimated to be more than $3.5 million. >>> a partial recount in that heated razor-thin race for florida's district 18th congressional seat narrows the gap a bit between republican congressman allen west and democrat patrick murphy. but it isn't enough to trigger an automatic recount. murphy is still ahead by a marg
grover norquist very influential in washington. he's the guy that holds the line on taxes, holds republicans' feet to the fire. it will be interesting to see how many of them are willing to depart from that. >> jonathan allen, senior washington correspondent for politico. thanks. >> take care. >> other stories we're following. a devastating blast out of nowhere. local and federal authorities are still trying to determine what caused a massive explosion that ripped through an...
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norquist now really be pushed aside by the party? >> grover norquist is a survivor. he has a business, $7 million budget. spent $25 million in campaigns this cycles. he doesn't want to be seen as a dead-ender. he doesn't want his power to melt away bite by bite win the views like that. what we saw today was him providing a little path for republicans and, yeah, that very colorful point about the murder weapon, but he went on to say that republicans need to push for reform which speaker boehner has been doing, and to be clear about it, and he said the deal needs to be able to pass the laugh test back home. and he says it needs to be done in public. he wants it done on cnbc or on c-span the way some people wanted the health care deal done. so his argument is that if republicans are up front about what they want and what they're pushing for, they'll be able to survive whatever deal they ultimately have to go along with. >> you say mr. norquist wants to see it done in public. isn't that what we are seeing to a certain extent right now? we had speaker boehner out making h
norquist now really be pushed aside by the party? >> grover norquist is a survivor. he has a business, $7 million budget. spent $25 million in campaigns this cycles. he doesn't want to be seen as a dead-ender. he doesn't want his power to melt away bite by bite win the views like that. what we saw today was him providing a little path for republicans and, yeah, that very colorful point about the murder weapon, but he went on to say that republicans need to push for reform which speaker...
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you don't work for grover norquist. you work for your constituents and the people. >> i didn't sign it because i was trying to please grover norquist. i signed it because i believe it. i do not believe we are one good tax increase aw from prosperity in this nation. i believe we have to rein in spending, broaden the base, lower the rate and get this country working again. >> most republicans are where you are, do you actually see some kind of compromise occurring? because it sounds like where we were six, seven months ago. no, don't raise the tax rate, and others saying raise the tax rate. and then, wrpz the movement? >> you know, it's interesting. a lot of people argue let's go back to the tax rates of president clinton. and remember, let's remember that there was a republican house back then. but let's get also the spending down so the spending levels. right now we're spending in excess of 24% of gdp. in the clinton years we were spending about 19%. so if the president's going to argue let's go back to the clinton tax
you don't work for grover norquist. you work for your constituents and the people. >> i didn't sign it because i was trying to please grover norquist. i signed it because i believe it. i do not believe we are one good tax increase aw from prosperity in this nation. i believe we have to rein in spending, broaden the base, lower the rate and get this country working again. >> most republicans are where you are, do you actually see some kind of compromise occurring? because it sounds...
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and thomas, you know, "usa today" has a story about grover norquist talking about the stalemate. americans for tax reform president grover norquist whose anti-tax oath has been signed by almost every republican member of congress is girding for a fight if obama is re-elected. no compromise norquist said adding his prediction for an obama second term there's a stalemate. if romney is elected it's putting the ryan budget into law. we don't need a president we need a zombie who has functioning digits or can sign his name on a dotted line. let's pick two scenarios here. if the president is re-elected how does he deal with a tea party that sounds as it's going to be agreb gressive as ever and grover who is pushing for hardlines no legislation. >> he beats them and the way to do that is to take advantage of the fiscal cliff. let it slide a bit, to create a new status quo in which republicans have an incentive to pass affirmative legislation that the president will sign into law, at the same time, there are a group of more problem solving republicans in the senate who don't want to spen
and thomas, you know, "usa today" has a story about grover norquist talking about the stalemate. americans for tax reform president grover norquist whose anti-tax oath has been signed by almost every republican member of congress is girding for a fight if obama is re-elected. no compromise norquist said adding his prediction for an obama second term there's a stalemate. if romney is elected it's putting the ryan budget into law. we don't need a president we need a zombie who has...
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it has nothing to do with grover norquist. it has to do with our word. remember, with this program t.a.g. is takes away our freedom, because good institutions that need to draw business from business don't need to do that anymore. if there's a government guarantee, it lowers the liberty and the choices for all. back to you, carl. >> all right. rick, something to think about. talk to you in a few moments. can't wait for sheila bair with you in a few minutes. we're heading to ohio's 8th district, home of john boehner. do his constituents think they're being faithfully represented. is he rising above as some say? why men might be the new women when it comes to retail. we have the controversial piece when "squawk on the street" comes back. n you take a closer . ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so
it has nothing to do with grover norquist. it has to do with our word. remember, with this program t.a.g. is takes away our freedom, because good institutions that need to draw business from business don't need to do that anymore. if there's a government guarantee, it lowers the liberty and the choices for all. back to you, carl. >> all right. rick, something to think about. talk to you in a few moments. can't wait for sheila bair with you in a few minutes. we're heading to ohio's 8th...
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. >> one of the sort of controversial men in the middle here has been grover norquist, one of the few guys in washington who goes by his own name, grover. his first name, i should say. there are reports that some republicans who signed his no tax hike pledge are backing away from him. in the "wall street journal" saturday, he said, no, nobody's backed off. what's the truth here? >> well, he's wrong about that. they are backing away from him. but i have to say, tyler, this is an issue that's much bigger than grover norquist pcht republican party has staked out tax issue for a long time. it is not because of one individual and the pledge, although he's done a very effective job of marketing that and marketing himself. this is about a stance of the republicans as the party of less government. democrats as the party of more government. but i do think because republicans lost the election, because they've had a difficult time, new york jets fans might recognizefy said they've had the equivalent of a butt fumble over the last couple of months. republicans are on the defensive. they are back
. >> one of the sort of controversial men in the middle here has been grover norquist, one of the few guys in washington who goes by his own name, grover. his first name, i should say. there are reports that some republicans who signed his no tax hike pledge are backing away from him. in the "wall street journal" saturday, he said, no, nobody's backed off. what's the truth here? >> well, he's wrong about that. they are backing away from him. but i have to say, tyler, this...
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including grover norquist? >> i admire him. i signed that pledge. i don't think we would be breaking it. i want to make all of them permanent quite frankly. this is a debate about political tactics. in the end, ul republicans want to make sure that we don't increase taxes. but if there is a place that we can get 80% of the bush tax cuts, i think we should do that and continue to fight for the rest are. >> i spoke to him yesterday, he opposes anything along the lines of allowing a debate to go forward next year over the 2%, the 3%. he wants it all part of the same package. you disagree with him. >> well look, he is my friend. we talk you know political strategy and politics. this is my position. it was given in private. when he was asked, it was leaked by somebody. this is what i tell them. if they say what do you think we ought to do? i'm one voice. and i support the speaker. i recognize he is the speaker. they are trying to do the right thing. i think in this case the democrats and the president are trying to use the tax issue. instead they ought t
including grover norquist? >> i admire him. i signed that pledge. i don't think we would be breaking it. i want to make all of them permanent quite frankly. this is a debate about political tactics. in the end, ul republicans want to make sure that we don't increase taxes. but if there is a place that we can get 80% of the bush tax cuts, i think we should do that and continue to fight for the rest are. >> i spoke to him yesterday, he opposes anything along the lines of allowing a...
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. >> so that is grover norquist if you don't already know. you probably should because he is making a lot of tv appearances. that was piers morgan tonight -- last night. >>> his group, american for tax reform is behind that no-tax pledge that's signed by the majority of republicans in congress. but now a few high-profile members of the gop are openingly questioning their pledge and saying it may stand in the way of getting a fiscal cliff deal done. that's one side of the equation. in exchange, those republicans say, look, we'll back down. but not if we don't get something for it. we want some entitlement reform. here are the big three entitlements -- social security, medicaid, and medicare, combined they make up 43% of federal spending last year. joining me is john avalon, cnn contributor, senior political columnist for "newsweek" and "the daily beast. "and all around very smart person. you have a column out about this. it's great reading. a lot of math in it. tons of math. >> i was told there would be no math, but there's math. >> a chevy ch
. >> so that is grover norquist if you don't already know. you probably should because he is making a lot of tv appearances. that was piers morgan tonight -- last night. >>> his group, american for tax reform is behind that no-tax pledge that's signed by the majority of republicans in congress. but now a few high-profile members of the gop are openingly questioning their pledge and saying it may stand in the way of getting a fiscal cliff deal done. that's one side of the...